Word: america
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...effort to place the Actors' Fund of America on a firm financial basis, the actors and actresses now playing in Boston will hold a benefit ball on Friday, December 5, at the Cambridge Armory, to which all members of the University are invited. The ball is part of a nationwide campaign to secure funds by other means than public subscription for the alleviation of distress among needy members of the profession...
...with the army, whether the government likes it or not. To a more outsider it would seem a poor time for an Italian Premier to rail at Italy's allies for falling to support Italy's annexationist claims, and at the same time to ask for raw materials from America...
...Italian government wishes to reconcile America, it must show that it intends to abide by the decision of the peace conference in regard to the Adriatic question, and that it is prepared to alter its policy as a result of the recent elections. The question of supplying raw materials and credit must depend largely on the improvement of Italy's precarious financial situation. As for d'Annunzio--we would like to see a drive started to raise funds for sending him and his army to capture Shantung for the Chinese...
...unworthy of America and the Legion that through the accident of birth a man should be persecuted and restricted in his business. The playing of beautiful music cannot possibly work harm to the Legion, while it gives pleasure and relaxation to many people. If the members of the American Legion prefer not to listen to Mr. Kreisler, there is nothing that forces them to do so. They should do proud that their cities are cultured enough to warrant Mr. Kreisler's appearance...
...have been impossible for Mr. Kreisler to play in public. But the fighting is over, there is no excuse for its hysteria to continue. What might have been a patriotic stand during the heat of the conflict becomes now merely bigotry and intolerance, entirely out of place in free America...